Pakistan can benefit from Turkey’s experience in e-governance and the two countries have “no option than to further develop” bilateral relations, a Pakistani minister said.
“Turkey has done a fabulous job in e-governance, or citizen facilitation services, and we certainly want to benefit from that,” Atif Khan, the science and technology minister in Pakistan’s northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, told Anadolu Agency on the sidelines of Pakistan Tech Summit recently held in Istanbul.
The event was attended by more than 200 tech leaders and experts from Pakistan and Turkey.
“Introducing technology into your government functions increases efficiency, and decreases corruption … Pakistan would like to benefit from Turkey’s experience in digital governance, and making things paperless … The citizens have to get the advantage of technology,” he said.
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Khan said his government is “focusing on providing those facilities to our citizens.”
Turkey launched in 2008 e-Devlet (e-Government), an electronic system providing citizens access to government services.
One can get information about the government and its various offices and programs (both national and local), pay taxes and other bills, apply for motor vehicle registration, and create and download official documents related to social security and health care, criminal and judicial record, etc.
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